Part 5
"Why aren't they back yet" Kari asked as she paced between Mimi and Gatomon. "Tai said they'd hurry but...."
"Don't worry Kari, I'm sure they're fine. They'll be back soon" Mimi said trying to comfort the small girl.
"Yeah don't worry so much" Joe added. He could tell the others were giving him a funny look. "What..."
"Hey Joe did YOU just say don't worry so much" Gomamon snickered.
"Yeah what about it, why are you laughing" Joe demanded
"Well, that is a little out of character for you Joe" Mimi replied with a giggle.
"I still don't get what's so funny" Joe said obviously anoyed.
The whole group laughed at Joe's current state of confussion. All except for Kari who continued to pace nerviously. Something was wrong and she knew it, and though she wasn't sure why she knew that she should be with the others. Like they needed her or something.
"What's the matter Kari" Gatomon asked the pacing girl. And then upon remembering the girls concern said. "I'm sure the others are fine"
"We should have gone with them" Kari said looking down at her digimon partner, a tiny frown forming on her young face.
"Why do you say that Kari" Palmon asked.
"I dunno...I just have this weird feeling...I think they need our help" Kari replied. "Besides I don't think TKs coming back here anytime soon"
"You want to go after them don't you" Gatomon questioned.
"Yeah" Kari answered. She stopped her pacing and stared at the two older kids with pleading eyes. "What do you guys think"
Joe and Mimi exchanged glances. "I think we should go" Gomamon began "I didn't want to stay in the first place"
"Yeah Mimi.....maybe we should go" Palmon added.
"Yeah" Mimi and Joe nodded in agreement. Part of them to had wanted to go all along.
"Then its settled" Gatomon said. The others all nodded.
"Good, lets go now" Kari said somewhat excitedly.
"Right" The others all said at once.
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Sora stared blankly into the lake. The day just keep getting worse and worse. She'd done her best to bandage Matt's badly wounded arm with some medical supplies she'd borrowed from Joe's first aid kit, and Gabumon and Patamon had woken up about an hour ago and explained there encounter with Dragonmon. They were all going to be fine. But still she had this terribly uneasy feeling, that something just wasn't right.
Then there was the matter of TK. The boy had been missing for nearly two days now. She knew that something horrible must have happened to him and that they had to find him but they didn't even know where to look, it was pointless to just wonder about aimlessly and Matt had suffered the consequences. No, they needed a general direction at least.
Then There was a sudden noise coming from the water that broke Sora out of her thoughts and made her look around. "Is someone there" she muttered somewhat nervously. "Hey... is any......" Was all she got out before Aquamon, a water digimon that resembled a sting ray with arms, grabbed her and pulled her toward water. A stifled scream was the last thing that came out of her mouth before she was yanked into the dark depths of the lake.
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~Meanwhile~
Matt blinked a few times before opening his eyes completely. He tried to sit up but groaned upon remembering his hurt arm. "Matt...your awake" He heard Tai say.
"What are you doing here" Matt asked as Tai helped him lean up against a nearby tree. Tai hadn't been there when Dragonmon attacked them....had he?
"We were looking for TK, and we found you lying behind some bushes." Tai replied.
"TK....Tai we have to find him" Matt exclaimed standing up rather quickly for someone in his condition.
"You need to rest" Tai insisted. Then seeing worry in Matt's eyes added "Besides the others are out getting food, we have to wait for them at least"
Matt sat down sadly and nodded in agreement, he'd lost a lot of blood and was to weak to argue any further, especially with Tai. That's when he remembered his dream. "Hope will be taken by darkness...." He repeated quietly.
"What did you say Matt" Tai asked now sitting across from the blonde.
"And friendship alone cannot bring it back...." He continued as if in a trance.
"Matt are you ok....errrr..your acting really weird...even for you" Tai said in confusion.
"One by one the others will fall, hurt but not beaten....." He said totally ignoring brown haired boy who sat across him.
"Hellllooo earth to Matt....anybody there" Tai said biting down on his lower lip.
"In the end only light can break through the darkness and bring hope back to all." He finished.
"Matt....C'mon buddy...How much blood did you lose anyway" Tai stammered with a nervous laugh.
Matt sat silently for a moment and thought over what he'd just repeated. It was another one of those freaky digiworld prophecies. Hope, that meant TK didn't it. And only light could bring him back. Only Kari could bring him back. That was it. TK was taken by an evil digimon, and he couldn't save him alone. The others had to help him, and ultimately Kari was the one who would bring his brother back. He looked up and his eyes meet Tai's "Where's Kari"
"She stayed behind with Joe, Mimi and the other digimon...in case TK came back to the camp" Tai answered more confused then ever. "Why do you ask"
"I had this weird dream Tai...and I can't really explain it but we need her....Why'd you leave her behind" Matt demanded.
"I didn't want her to get hurt. Anyway what was all that weird stuff you said before about....You were really starting to freak me out. I thought you were delirious or something" Tai said concerned.
"I already told you...I had this dream and..." Matt was interrupted by the distant sound of a scream.
"That was Sora" Tai exclaimed as he shot up and started running in the direction from which they heard it. Matt got up and started to follow a bit more slowly then Tai, but then stopped suddenly and just stood there in the middle of the path like he was stuck to the ground. That's when he remembered the part of his dream that he'd left out of his explanation. One by one the others will fall.......
Part 6
"SORA!" Tai shouted as he reached the bank of a near by lake. "SORA! WHERE ARE YOU.....SORA!" Something moved in the water causing Tai to rush into the shallow end of the lake. "SORA....Is that you."
Sora's head popped up from the depths. "TAI!" She screamed before Aquamon pulled her back under.
"SORA....NO.....I have to help her" Tai shouted as he swam helplessly toward his drowning friend.
"What are you doing Tai" Izzy said from the shore, all the digimon at his side.
"Its Aquamon....hes got Sora" Tai exclaimed from somewhere off shore. "I have to........"
"NO TAI!" Agumon shouted as he watched the beast pull his terrified friend under. The others screamed to but it was to late to warn the boy.
"Agumon digivolve to............GREYMON"
"Biyomon digivolve to...........BIRDRAMON"
"Tentomon digivolve to............KABUTERIMON"
"I sure hope they can help them" Patamon said
"Hey Izzy I need to talk to you" Matt said as he finally made it to the lake, then he noticed the others in the lake. "Oh no Tai....Sora"
Greymon was having trouble reaching the drowning children considering he could neither swim nor fly. However Birdramon and Kabuterimon seemed to be doing pretty well without him. "Meteor Wing" Birdramon shouted sending her attack directly at Aquamon. He was hit and dove for a minute releasing his hold on Sora whose unconscious body floated to the top. Birdramon flew down and retrieving the damp girl. "Can you get Tai"
"Leave it to me......Electro Shocker" He shouted as Birdramon retreated to towards the beach. His first attack missed. He flew around the monster for a better shot when Greymon finally arrived.
"Nova Blast" Greymon attacked hitting the unsuspecting Aquamon square in the back sending an unconscious Tai further in to the lake. Kabuterimon flew over to the foating boy and quickly got him to shore.
All it took after that was another Nova blast from Greymon and Aquamons body disolved into the air.
"Are they breathing" Matt exclaimed running towards the others. Greymon still making his way to the beach where the nearly drowned children lay.
"Barley" Izzy answered watching Tai and Sora's chests slowly rise and fall. Greymon made it back and all the digimon dedigivolved to there previous forms.
Matt thought for a moment then said "Hey Izzy we need to talk"
"Can't you see I'm a little busy right now, you know taking care of our friends" Izzy replied.
"I Heard another prophecy Izzy" Matt said nervously as he sat down next to the young computer genius.
"You what" Izzy said now looking at the taller boy.
"I heard it in a dream I had....and I think its coming true" Matt answered.
"What did it say Matt" Gabumon questioned
"It said...Hope will be taken by darkness, and friendship alone cannot bring it back. One by one the others will fall, hurt but not beaten. In the end only light can break through the darkness and bring back hope to all" Matt repeated for the second time.
"What does it mean Matt" Patamon asked.
"I think it means we need Kari" Matt explained.
"That makes sense....If Kari's got the crest of light and TK's got the crest of hope and the fact that You couldn't find him alone. And assuming 'the others' doesn't include Kari or TK......" Izzy broke off mid sentence and exchanged glances with Matt.
"What is it guys" Tentomon asked.
"Yeah don't keep us waiting" Agumon pleaded.
Matt looked at all of them and slowly finished Izzy's sentence. "I'm afraid it means....Three down Three to go"
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"My feet hurt" Mimi whined "We've been walking all day and still no sign of them"
"That's probably not a good sign" Joe said in his usually worry filled voice.
"I'm not surprised we did stop a couple dozen times, the others are bound to be a lot farther ahead" Gomamon explained.
"We didn't stop that many times" Mimi said in her defense.
"Yes, we did" Gatomon said truthfully.
Kari just walked in silence ahead of the others. Though she was the smallest and got tired more quickly then the older kids something was driving her forward, something she couldn't explain.
The suddenly something moved through the near by bushes. "Hey guys did you hear that" Mimi asked stopping dead in her tracks.
"What is it Mimi...Why'd you stop" Palmon asked and the others all stopped now to gaze at the frozen girl.
"I could have sworn I.....AHHH" Mimi screamed as what looked like a centaur like digimon jumped out of the bushes.
"Its Centarumon" Palmon exclaimed.
"Oh good I thought you were a bad digimon and you were gonna attack us or something." Mimi said with a sigh of relief. "So what are you doing here....I thought you stayed at that temple place"
"I have come to destroy you" Centarumon replied in a zombie like voice.
"You...Wha..." A confused Mimi stammered.
"Well, I guess your bad digimon theory wasn't that wrong after all" Joe said in a worried voice.
"Izzy and I met him the first time....."
"Mimi look out" Kari yelled.
"AHHH! The first time we got split up" Mimi finished as she dodged Centarumon's attack. (A/N:sorry I cant remember what its called) The group began running away.
"And he didn't attack you then" Joe questioned as he ran.
"No, he attacked us but that's cause he had a black gear in him and that's not possible now right" She answered.
"Is it" Kari asked looking at the others.
"Well....According to digiworld time the black gears were destroyed years ago" Joe explained.
"Along with Devimon" Gomamon added.
"Yeah so why is he chasing us then "Gatomon asked.
"I dunno Izzy the expert on this sort of thing not me" Joe said in his normal worry filed voice.
"Hey look theres a river up there" Kari said.
"If Gomamon digivolves we can get out of here that way" Mimi suggested.
"What if your right about the black gear Mimi....we can't just leave him like that" Palmon said.
"Gomamon Digivolve to.........Ikakkumon."
"Well, if he did have a black gear in him I know how to get it out" Mimi said stopping as Joe and Kari climbed onto Ikakkumon's back.
"What are you doing Mimi C'mon" Joe shouted as the girl stopped and held up her digivise to the monster.
"This worked for Izzy and I before, it should wor......AHHHH!" Mimi screamed as Centarumon's attack hit her head on.
"Mimi" Palmon screamed as her friend was thrown backwards into a tree.
"Palmon digivolve to..........TOGAMON."
"Kari help me get her onto Ikakkumon" Joe shouted as he climbed down to help his friend. Kari jumped down after him and helped with Mimi. "She's heavier then she looks" Kari said pulling the unconscious girl onto the back of the big white digimon.
"Look at how much she eats" Joe replied with a quick smile.
"Needle Spray" Togamon attacked as the cactus looking digimon as she jumped out of the line of fire. Centarumon's attack barley missing her.
"Harpoon Torpedo"
The attacks hit Centarumon at the same and much to there surprise a black gear DID fly out of his back and then disapeared before there shocked wide eyes.
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Devimon stood in the dark cave, the crest of hope in his black hand. The boy was sleeping now, dry streaks on his small face were tears once flowed. "Everything is working out just as I planned. All is lost for you now my young digidestind. You'll never leave this cave, because by the time your little friends get here to save you they'll all be to weak to help there digimon digivolve. And what better time is there to strike then when your opponents are at there weakest. When there helpless. What better time to get my revenge"
A/N : Well that's it for now. I think Mimi was acting slightly out of character for a minute there. Oh well what's done is done, I'll try to get the next part out soon. Until then Please review, if you don't I don't know how I'm doing or if you even like it. So please if you'd just take a minute and tell me what ya think or if you have any suggestions for what should happen next I'd really appreciate it.
